Did you know
Men who came to Princess Street in Fort Kochi to stare at women from a ladies’ hostel were called loafers. The name became Loafer’s Corner.
Street · Fort Kochi
Princess Street
One theory: the name traces to pirate William Kidd, nicknamed Prince.
Free · 190 m from the nets
More about Princess Street
5 of 6- Did you knowWalton’s Homestay occupies a 200-year-old building on Princess Street in Fort Kochi.
- Did you knowIndian Industries, John Korela’s antique shop on Princess Street in Fort Kochi, is the street’s oldest shop.
- Did you knowLoafer’s Corner is a popular meeting place where Princess Street, Peter Celli Street and Bastion Street meet in Fort Kochi.
- Did you knowPrincess Street may never have had a princess. One theory has it as Prince’s Street, after the pirate William Kidd, who was nicknamed Prince.
- Did you knowDutch and Portuguese builders made the nearly 400-year-old buildings and houses on Princess Street in Fort Kochi. Most once served as godowns for spices and armoury.